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Nov 8, 2022 at 22:09
Python is adding column numbers to its exceptions, making tracebacks way more readable!
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PEP 657 – Include Fine Grained Error Locations in Tracebacks | peps.python.org
PEP 657 – Include Fine Grained Error Locations in Tracebacks | peps.python.org
This PEP proposes adding a mapping from each bytecode instruction to the start and end column offsets of the line that generated them as well as the end line number. This data will be used to improve tracebacks displayed by the CPython interpreter in or...
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